Sporting-shoe.



D. J. GOLDEN.

SPORTING SHOE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 15,1910.

l 1,012, 1 97. Patented Dec.19,1911.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH cO..wAsmNa'raN. n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL J. GOLDEN, OF RANDOLPH, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO WALTER T.STALL,

CHARLES I-I. DEAN, AND DANIEL J. GOLDEN, COPARTNERS, ALL OF BROCKTON,MAS- SACHUSETTS.

I SPORTING-SHOE.

Patented Dec. 19, 1911. Serial No. 572,122.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL J. GOLDEN, of Randolph, in the county ofNorfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain .new anduseful Improvements in Sporting-Shoes, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to shoes such as are worn by base-ball players,the bottom of the shoe being provided with spurs adapted to afford asecure foothold.

The object of the invention is to provide a sporting shoe, thespur-engaging portion or portions of which shall be of suitable strengthto afford a proper anchorage for the spurs while the shank portionpossesses a desirable degree of flexibility permitting free muscularplay of the wearers foot.

.The invention consists in the improvements which I will now proceed todescribe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specication,Figure 1 represents a bottom plan view of a sporting shoe embodyingmyinvention. Fig. 2 represents a section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3represents a section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 represents a sectionon line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 represents a view similar to a portion ofFig. 2, the heel lift shown in Fig. 2 being omitted.

Similar reference characters indicate the same or similar parts in allthe figures.

In the drawings, 12 represents the outer sole of my improved shoe whichextends continuously from the toe to the heel.

13 represents a forepart inner sole and 14 a heel-part inner sole, saidinner soles being separated from each other by an intermediate spacewhich is bridged by the shank portion of the outer sole. The upper ofthe shoe includes a vamp portion 15 and a heel or counter portion 16.Said upper has a continuous inwardly turned lower edge 17. The vamp orforepart portion of said edge is interposed between the forepart innersole 13 and the corresponding portion of the outer sole and is securedthereto by suitable means. As shown by Fig. 2 a welt 18 is secured byinseam stitches 19 to the forepart inner sole and by fair stitches 20 tothe corresponding portion of the outer sole. The heel portion of theinturned edge 17 is interposed between and secured to the heel-partinner sole 14 and the corresponding portion of the outer sole, theattaching means here shown being metallic fasteners 21, such as tacks orshort nails, the heads of which are seated on the outer surface of theouter sole while their points are clenched uron the inner surface of theheel part inner so e.

The intermediate portions of the inturned edge 17 lie upon the innersurface of the shank portion of the outer sole and are secured theretoby means such as longitudinal rows of stitches 22.

In lasting the shoe the inner soles 13 and 14 are placed upon the bottomof the last and the inturned edge of the upper is secured to the saidinner soles by lasting tacks,l

the intermediate portions of the said edge being temporarily secured tothe last by additional lasting tacks. The outer sole is then applied andits heel portion is attached to the heel-part inner sole by thefastenings 21. If a welt is employed this is attached to the upper andthe forepart inner sole in usual manner prior to the application of theouter sole, the latter being then stitched in the usual manner to thewelt. The forward portion of the outer sole may, however, be attached tothe upper and the forepart inner sole by a McKay machine in which casethe lasted upper and the fore and heel part inner soles will be removedfrom the last before the attachment of the forward portion of the outersole to the upper and the forepart inner sole.

After the described attachment of the outer sole to the upper and thefore and heel-part inner soles, the portions of the inturned edge 17 ofthe upper between the fore and heel-part inner soles are attachedindependently to the shank portion of the outer sole by the stitches 22,this operation being performed after' the removal of the shoe from thelast.

Transverse rows of stitches 23, 24, are preferably formed, the stitches23 extending through the rear portion of the forepart inner sole.

The heel portion of the outer sole is preferably reinforced by a heellift 25 which covers the fastenings 21 and may be secured to the outersole by a row of marginal stitches 26 and by the row of transversestitches 24.

The shoe thus constructed is relatively thick and stili at the fore andheel parts of its bottom, and has a relatively flexible shank portionformed by the shank portion of the outer sole and by the portions of theinturned edge 17 attached thereto.

The relatively thick fore and heel parts are adapted to support platesQ'Tvattached thereto by rivets 28, and provided with outwardlyprojecting spurs 29. A sheet metal stitfening plate 30 may be interposedbetween the forepart inner sole and the corresponding portion of theouter sole, said plate being apertured to receive the rivets 2S. Therivets which pass through the heel lift 25 and the spur plate securedthereby to the heel lift, assist materially in firmly connecting theheelpart inner sole and the heel lift to the heel portion of the outersole.

The heel lift 25 may be omitted, as shown by Fig. 5, although l do notrecommend this.

It will be seen that the described construction affords the desiredstrength and durability at the fore and heel parts, and a suitabledegree of flexibility at the shank part.

It will also be seen that while the described construction of the forepart and heel parts of the shoe bottom including the spur plates 27, andthe interposed plate 30, renders said parts practically rigid orinflexible, this rigidity and the attending strength, durability andfreedom from liability to slip required in a base ball shoe, iscompensated for by the flexibility of the shank portion, which acts as ahinge, flexibly connecting the inflexible fore and heel parts.

In a sporting shoe used by participants in the game of base ball andother athletic contests the greatest possible freedom ofV` upwardmovement of the heel part of the shoe, relatively to the fore part, isverydesirable, and the foot supporting surface of the bottom of the shoeat the shank portion should be entirely free to be flexed upwardlywithout obstruction and without being caused to press or bulge upwardlyagainst the bottom of the foot. This is provided for in my improved shoeby the single thickness of the shoe bottom at the shank portion, and bythe rows of stitches 22, 23 and 24;, the upper surface of the shankportion of the outer sole being unstiffened and unobstructed between theforepart and heel part. Hence there is nothing in the shoe above thesaid shank portion to obstruct the upward flexure of the latter, or topress upwardly against the bottom of the foot when the shank portion isupwardly flexed. V

I claim:

A shoe comprising an outer sole extending continuously from the toe tothe heel of the shoe, a fore part inner sole, a heel part inner soleseparated from the fore part inner sole by a space which is bridgedsolely by the shank portion of said outer sole, an upper including avamp portion and a heel portion and provided with a continuous in*turned edge, the vamp portion of said upper being interposed between andsecured to the forward portion of the outer sole and the fore part innersole, the heel portion of the vamp being interposed between and securedto the heel portion of the outer sole and the heel part inner sole, theintermediate portions of said edge being secured independently to theshank portion of the outer sole and forming with the latter' a flexibleshank, and transverse stitches uniting the rear edge of the fore partinner sole and the forward edge of the heel part inner sole with theouter sole to prevent creeping of said edges.

In testimony whereof I have aliixed my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

DANIEL J. GOLDEN.

Vitnesses C. F. BROWN, A. lV. HARRISON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

